Jarryd Hayne's place in the San Francisco 49ers' 53-player squad for the 2015 season is now secure, but certain plays stick out when it comes to showing exactly why he made the grade. Whether it was doing a brilliant ankle tap tackle (top left), making a seemingly impossible catch (top right), stiff-arming his way past opposition players (bottom right), or flattening an opponent with a brutal shoulder charge (bottom left), the Australian (inset) has no shortage of footage for his highlight reel - and that's only from preseason play.

Darwin born Indigenous model Elina Moscheni, 18, has been signed by an Italian modelling agency and hopes to walk in their Fashion Week. She wants to inspire other young and Indigenous models to follow in her footsteps. Moscheni has already worked for Chanel and at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week and one day hopes to walk for Victoria's Secret.

NEW A man who is adamant that the letters E-Y-E-S spells 'e-yes,' has gone viral after his friend filmed his hilarious confusion. Jeanette firstly asks New Zealand man Don to spell the word 'yes,' to which he does with ease, but on being asked what E-Y-E-S spells, his confusion is palpable. In takes a few minutes for him to register his hysterical mistake, but once he does, he breaks into uncontrollable laughter. 

Every dog has its day, goes the saying, and for an Italian sheepdog, its day will be one to remember - on the big screen, with some feathered friends. The story of Oddball, the penguin-protecting dog from Warrnambool, Victoria, has been told in news items around the world and touched animal lovers everywhere, and now a movie adaption of her tale is about to hit cinemas.

Etched on people's hearts and minds, the heartbreaking image of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi (inset) has jolted the nation's consciousness and captured the world's attention in a way no other story about the plight of refugees has done in recent months. Here, we look at other powerful photos that had a similar impact on the world, from the emaciated little girl stalked by a vulture in southern Sudan (bottom right) to the terrified face of a nine-year-old girl seen running for her life after a napalm attack during the Vietnam War (top left). We have also focused on iconic photos capturing moments which have changed the course of history, such as the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003 (top right) and a citizen making a stand in Tiananmen Square in China (bottom left).

NRL star Greg Inglis (left and right) has revealed that he has a second son from a former relationship in a bid to prompt other fathers to 'step up' for their children. The South Sydney Rabbitoh's captain shared the news of five-year-old Riley (left in cap with half brother Nate) on his Instagram page on Father's Day on Sunday along with a heartfelt caption about how proud he is of bother his sons. 'During a well publicised break in 2009 from my beautiful partner Sally, who is now my lovely wife, I briefly reconnected with my high school sweet heart,' he wrote.

Michelle Knight's tattoos tell the harrowing story of her 11-year imprisonment inside Ariel Castro's house of horrors in Cleveland, Ohio, during which she suffered five forced miscarriages and lived in chains. In a new interview with Newsweek , Knight (right), who was 21 when she was kidnapped, reveals why she decided to get each of her inkings after finally being rescued from her prison. She explains that each of the five large roses printed down her left arm (inset) 'is for every abortion I had in the house'. Meanwhile, a teddy bear on her right shoulder (left) was a design she drew while strung up with orange extension cords inside Castro's home. Knight's other tattoos include a baby on her chest, with the words: 'Too beautiful for this Earth'.

A heartbroken mother has shared her grief at losing her youngest daughter after she passed out after drinking at a party and never woke up. Bayli Elliot (pictured left and right), 18, from Timaru in New Zealand, downed straight vodka and tequila at a gathering with friends on October 29 of last year, before laying down on the floor to go to sleep. Although her friends placed her in the recovery position and monitored her breathing, she lost consciousness just after midnight and was unable to be revived. 

Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard withdrew from the women's and mixed doubles competitions of the 2015 US Open after falling and hitting her head in the locker room on Friday evening. US Open Tournament Director David Brewer said in a statement that it is unknown if Bouchard will compete in the singles competition. The announcement comes just a day after she caught the eyes of the crowd as she and Aussie tennis bad-boy Nick Kyrgios flirted their way through the first round of the mixed doubles draw.

NEW In Penas Ciudad Barrios, a maximum security prison in the El Salvadorian capital of San Salvador exclusively housing prisoners who are members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, inmates control their own miniature society. British photographer Adam Hinton, was granted access to the squalid gangland prison, originally built to house some 800 inmates, but now home to around 2,500 Mara Salvatrucha members,

An ordinary marriage proposal wasn't in the book for 22-year old Justin Page (right of left and bottom left) from Melbourne. Thinking outside the box, the young man made sure he burnt rubber (top right) and had a cheering crowd before getting down on one year to ask his girlfriend (left) the question, will you marry me?

Abigail Anderson, 25, and Taylor Swift, 25, have been best friends since they met in English class at Hendersonville High School in Nashville, Tennesee, at the age of 15, around the time this photo (left) was taken. The pair have remained close ever since, pictured (right) celebrating New Year's Eve this year, despite Taylor's ever-growing 'squad' of A-list pals, pictured (inset) at last week's VMAs.

NEW After quitting her 15-year long career as a chef, Lauren Bath now makes a living as an 'Instagram photographer'. The first of her kind in Australia, she has shared her top tips for social media success.

Pascale Honore (left), the wheelchair-bound woman who inspired the world two years ago after surfing while duct-taped to her friend's back has died. The Adelaide woman, born in Paris, died aged 52 over the weekend from health complications after suffering T4 spinal cord injuries in a car crash 20 years ago.

For many, bachelor parties serve as an opportunity for a group of friends to experience one last hurrah together. Robbie Chernow expected to do just that and have a weekend full of fun to celebrate his friend Jake's bachelor party in Chicago. That all changed when the 28-year-old arrived in the windy city on Thursday to find out all of his friends' flights were canceled. Chernow documented on Instagram his lonely, sad experience in the city where he stuck with the planned schedule of bachelor party events.

Nine-months pregnant Ana Cayazzo and her partner Miguel Caridad, both in their 20s, died instantly when a driver lost control of his racing car at a rally in north-west Spain on Saturday. At least another five people are believed to have been killed, including another pregnant woman and child aged eight. Poignant pictures - posted by Miguel on his Facebook page before Saturday's tragedy near La Coruña in Galicia - show him tenderly patting his girlfriend's belly.

Christopher Cerk (pictured), a 21-year-old junior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, said that living right next to his institution didn't suit him - and was a waste of money to boot. So instead of dropping an estimated $19,000 renting for his last two years, he poured $13,000 of his own money into raw materials for his own tiny house (exterior top right, interior right). The home, which took him more than a year to build in his spare time, has a compost toilet and solar panels for electricity. He estimates the power supply will be enough to keep his cell phone and laptop running, as well as to power an electric stove. Cerk said he will start having his girlfriend over to stay soon.

Despite his plane flipping and crashing as he came in to land at an airport, a man in his 50s has walked away unscathed. The near miss occurred about 11.30am on Sunday at Tyabb Airport, south-east of Melbourne, when a wheel of the Yak-9 single engine aircraft he had been flying reportedly got caught in soft soil.

Cooper Ratten (inset), the son of AFL great Brett Ratten tragically died in a car crash last month. At the weekend rival teams Carlton and Hawthorn paid tribute to the teenager by running through a banner (top right) with the words 'FAMILY. RIP Cooper Ratten' on it. Brett Ratten, assistant coach of the Hawks broke down in tears on the field (bottom right), as did his son Tanner (left) while a video montage of his brother Cooper was screened in the MCG.

He's been running his own country in Australia for the past 45 years. But self-proclaimed leader Leonard George Casley, from the Principality of Hutt River, about 500 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia, has considered stepping down from his throne. The 90-year-old monarch, who calls himself Prince Leonard, said he may no longer be able to carry out his royal duties due to poor health.

Islands in Mauritius, Belize, Bahamas and Australia - are among ten most opulent and sought-after private holiday spots anywhere in the world. The secluded resorts are often rented by the rich and famous including Prince Harry and Kylie Minogue but they are also available to the public. One of the more affordable island retreats is found in Scotland, and it's going for just $201 a night.

There is now a raft of cheap, easy-to-use software that automatically manipulates photos to make their subjects look thinner. And even celebrities, it seems, aren't immune. Some apps nip in your waist or boost your curves while leaving friends untouched. But the so-called 'skinny filter' apps can leave telltale signs - and when you're sharing the images with millions of fans on Instagram or Twitter, chances are that someone will spot them. And as these celebrity photo 'fails' prove, not every result is foolproof...

From Australia's glow-in-the-dark dessert to the Philippines's cheesy sorbet, some of the oddest frozen puddings in the world are revealed. And not all of them sound like a treat for the taste buds. Pictured clockwise from top left: Chewy and stretchy ice cream, from Turkey; saltwater fish flavour, Japan; blended açaí pulp, Brazil; glow-in-the-dark puddings, Australia, ice cream that looks like Spaghetti, Germany and semi-frozen noodles flavoured with rose water and lime juice, Iran.

NEW Just a week after Burners made their pilgrimage to the desert in Black Rock City, Nevada, the festival's 60ft Burning Man statue was set alight in front of approximately 70,000 revelers. The annual event faced challenges this year, with a bug invasion and dust storms, but burners seemed to enjoy themselves during the burning ceremony on Saturday night. Thousands of festival goers dressed in elaborate costumes for the final night's events. The mass exodus from the festival has begun, and the exit is expected to last through Monday.

Some of the best snaps show incredible detail of places such as the Namib Desert in Namibia (left), the Jungersen Glacier in Greenland (right) and large cities such as London (inset). The stunning shots were captured by European Space Agency satellites as they orbited Earth, and have gone on display at an interactive exhibit in Linz, Austria.